Decentralised departments’ locations
Donnellan asked whether a department could be located in Loughrea and where decentralised sections would go; the Minister said locations and feasible sections were under examination.
asked the Minister for the Public Service if he will consider having one of the decentralised Government Departments located at Loughrea, County Galway.
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Comment on this
asked the Minister for the Public Service where the eight sections of the decentralised Government Departments will be located and the sections of the Departments involved.
Comment on this
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to answer Questions Nos. 3 and 4 together. As I said recently in the Dáil, an exanimation is at present being made of the arrangements necessary for the transfer of sections of Government Departments from Dublin under the Government's programme for the decentralisation of Government offices, as announced in the White Paper Programme for National Development 1978-1981.
This examination involves considering, in consultation with Departments, the sections which it would be feasible to decentralise and the places where such sections could appropriately be relocated. Decisions on both these matters will be taken by the Government.
While I cannot anticipate the Government's decisions, I can assure the Deputy that the claim of Loughrea as a centre for the relocation of a Government office will be borne in mind.